Essentials

There are two thingsAn activists needsIn spadesIntelligenceandCompassionIntelligenceTo perceive and understandThe vast and complex systems of powerAnd oppressionTo see and comprehend thatMonstrous dark machineWhose gears grind you to dustAnd set that dust to workIntelligenceTo detect and knowThat this machine isSubtle and invisibleCompassionTo see all that great monstrosityAnd still have the strengthThe wisdomTo love the world anywayCompassionTo stolidly stand upTo that machineAnd sayNoI want a better world